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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-02-18, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987. Council doubtful of figures but not Festival's worth Blyth village councillors ex­ pressed some doubt about the accuracy of figures from a Univer­ sity of Waterloo’s study on the spin-off value of the Blyth Festival but it didn’t affect their decision to give a higher grant to the festival in 1987. In a presentation by Tim Chap­ man, Festival General Manager, the 1985 study was cited as one of the reasons the Festival had an important impact on the village. The study said that for every $1 spent on tickets by theatre goers, another 97 cents was spent on other things in town from gasoline to meals to purchases at local shops. Councillor Bill Howson said the figure seemed a little high to him but later in the meeting council voted unanimously to increase its donation to the Festival from $1,300 to $1,500. Mr. Chapman, who had been working in a Toronto theatre, said the thing that attracted him to the Festival is that it has been built up as a theatre for the people and the community in everything from its choice of plays to the programs for children and the community choir and the pricing of tickets. The Festival has tried to keep ticket prices low, he said, because theatre should be for all the people not just for the well to do. He said the theatre has recently completed a professional study of its future needs and would be making capital improvements to Brussels PS holds many special events BY SHARIE JACKLIN AND MARGARET JARVIS Many special events have been happening at Brussels Public School this term. One of these is a continuing support for our spon­ sored child. Two years ago the students of Grade 7/8 decided toshare some of their proceeds of fundraising with a child through the Christian Children’s Fund of Canada. They chose Rosilene for us. Rosilene is five and a half years old. She lives in Brazil in a government housing project. Rosilene’s father is dis­ abled and her mother has to bring in most of the income. Each month the students send $21. This amount provides educa­ tion, clothing, food and medical aid for Rosilene. We hope to help our little friend in Brazil to have a better life. HOTDOG! For the past several years lunches on Thursdays have been greatly improved through the efforts of Home and School and volunteer mothers. This year these special days are Fridays so that kindergarten can enjoy hot dog day too. The students think this one hot meal a week is really great. The money raised by the Home and School Association is used to buy items for the school such as computers, playground equip­ ment and special kindergarten materials. Thanks, Home and School and volunteers. By Kevin Alcock and Shawn Jacklin OUTDOOR ED. ON SNOWSHOES On Thursday, January 29 the Grade 7/8 class went snowshoe­ ing. When they arrived at East Wawanosh Outdoor Education Centre, their leaders, Deb. Perkin and Esther Buck showed them the basics of snowshoeing. They then headed for the woods. Along the two-hour walk they tasted tree buds that they noticed deer had been nipping at. They played a scent game which made them really use their sense of smell. Then they sharpened their visual senses by looking through small frames to notice details they would probably ordinarily overlook. By this time many of the students were so cold, they couldn’t feel their toes. They all took a few tumbles, even Miss Blake but the majority of the group enjoyed the outing thoroughly. HUSBAND WIFE CHANGE JOBS ATB.P.S. On Friday, Feb. 6, Grade 7/8 planned Career Day to be followed by a career dance that evening. They chose winners and award­ ed prizes in each grade from 4-8 for those who dressed to best show their career of the future. The winners were: Gr. 8, Chris Bridge, a mechanic; Gr. 7, Devon Henry, a baker; Gr. 5, Robbie Gowing, a secret service agent; and Gr. 4, Randy Beuerman, a football play­ er. Some rather unusual highlights oftheday were noted by Gr. 4/5 students. Tim Machan and Randy Beuer- an said it was not an ordinary day with football players, nurses, veterinarians and such in class. Sheri Huether and Stephanie Henry noticed a big change when George Cousins, the custodian changed jobs with his wife, their teacher Mrs. Emily Cousins. While Mrs. Cousins collected the garbage George laughed. “Mrs. Cousins went to JR’sand everyone looked puzzled but one lady said she looked better in George’s suitthan he did,” reports Heather Somers and Laura Dou- ma. David Becker and Robbie Gow­ ing reported that Mrs. Cousins incinerated an innocent mouse as part of her job and Laura Cousins and Erica McDonald said that Mr. Cousins had them doing Math all morning while Mrs. Cousins was having a great time downtown visiting Jr’s and the barber shop. Stacey Hunter and Jacquie Seili didn’t like Mr. Cousin’s spelling bee, but they all classified the day as “unordinary’’, “weird’’ and “totally awesome.” Even the office was invaded by unusual-looking folk when the principal Mr. Axtmann became a bee keeper for the day. He took the opportunity to share some of his knowledge about bee keeping with Gr. 7/8. Ontario Michelle Freeman Blyth 3 club meets The first meeting of Blyth 3 “Surviving with Style’’4H club was held Feb. 11 at the home of Karen Phillips. The meeting was opened with a 4-H pledge. There were seven members that were present. The following is the elections of officers: President, John Nesbit; Vice President, Christine Halla- han; Secretary, Heather MacDon­ ald; Press Reporter, Tom Musty. Memorial Hall. It contributed information in the village’s appli­ cation under the Pride program of the provincial government. Sheila Richards, past president of the Festival told council that in its planning the Festival is very aware of not wanting the theatre to dominate the town such as The Shaw Festival dominates Niagara- on-the-Lake to the point the original identity of the town is lost. “There are other things in this town besides the theatre’’, she said. Reeve Albert Wasson agreed, saying that so far the Festival has complemented the town but that keeping services for local people like hardware stores are impor­ tant, not having a main street catering solely to tourists. 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